Parlor-croquet board.



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PARLOR GROQUET BOARD. APPLIOATION HLED MAY 29, 1902. No MODEL.

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BENJAMIN T. WHITE, OF JULESBURG, MISSOURI.

PARLoR-oaoau ET BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 721,764, dated March 3, 1903.

Application filed, May 29,1902.

burg, in the county of'Schuyler and State of Missouri,have invented a new and useful Parlor-Croquet Board, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to game apparatus, and more particularly to a parlorcroquet board, the said board being particu! larly adapted for use upon a table and is constructed with a view of providing a cheap and simple deviceA by means of which the ordinary game of croquet can be played and one which can be moved about upon the top of a highly-polished table without injuring the same in the least.

With these and certain other objects in view the invention consists in the Ynovel features of construction and combination, all of which will be fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forminga part of this specij lication, Figure l is a perspective view of a croquet-board constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan View of the same. Fig. 3 isa transverse sectional View, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail section.

In carrying out my invention I employ a board A,which maybe of any suitable size and is preferably in the form of a rectangle,the corners being slightly rounded.V This board Ahas the side pieces B, central strips C, and end pieces D connected to the underside thereof, thereby preventing warping of the board and providing a light and solid base. The board and strip are surrounded by a continuous wall E, said wall projecting a considerable distance above the upper face of the board A and also a short distance below the lower face of the strips B, C, and D, asmost clearly indicated at E. The lower edge ofV this continuous wall E therefore constitutes the base upon which. the apparatus rests.

The upper face of the board A is covered by any suitable fabric F, the edges F being turned down between the edge of the board and the face of the wall, and the said wall E is completely enveloped in a fabric covering Serial-No. 109,533. (No model.)

G, so that the apparatus can be easilymoved about upon the. table without Ainjuring the same.

Metallic wickets H are inserted in the board A, suitable perforations H being arranged at the proper places, and the stakes I are also inserted in the board, and it will be noted that said stakes are arranged in line with the central stripC.

The balls K may be made of any suitable material, and in practice I prefer to use a metal ball, and the movements will be made more certain.

rIhe mallets L are constructed in substantially the same manner as the ordinarycroquet-mallet, the size of said mallets being governed entirely by the sine of the other portions of the apparatus.

The wickets and stakes can be arranged permanently within the board, or they can be adjustably secured, if desired.

Another advantage of employing metallic balls is that they `have considerable weight and will therefore remainin their proper positions after each shot. By having the wall projecting a considerable distanceabove the face of the board and by covering the same with fabric a suitable cushion is provided, against which the ball canstrike and be returned to the eld for play.

If desired, the basefboard may be composed of a series of layers arranged with the grain running in opposite directions, thereby providing a board which will not Warp and avoid- :said wall projecting'above the upper face vof the board and below the lower faces'o'f the strips, the upper face of the board being covered with fabric, and the wall`being completely enveloped in fabric, for the purpose specified.

2. A device of the kind described compris-' ing a board, the upper face of which is covered with fabric, the edges of the fabric being turned down over the edges of the board, the side, central and end strips secured to the lower face of the board, and the continuous wall surrounding the board and strips and secured thereto, said wall extending above the upper face of the board and below the lower face of the strips, the wickets fixed in the board, and the stakes secured therein.

BENJAMIN T. WHITE. Witnesses:

J. H. KELLER, ANNA KELLER. 

